2011 Lexus CT 200h review By Kelsey Mays
Americans love hybrid hatchbacks, but mostly for the hybrid part; overall, we're still lukewarm on traditional hatchbacks. Lexus added a third ingredient — budget luxury — to create the CT 200h. With a starting price just over $29,000, it's the least expensive Lexus in nearly two decades, and it shows.
The 2011 CT 200h feels at times like a cut-rate Lexus, but its combination of fuel efficiency and handling should win the brand some much-needed younger buyers.
The front-wheel-drive CT's styling is the closest yet to Lexus' LF-Gh concept, and it comes in base and Premium trims, which you can compare here. We evaluated a CT 200h Premium.
See also:
Automatic Transmission
Select a shift position appropriate for the driving conditions.
Shifting the shift lever
While the “ENGINE
START STOP” switch is
in IGNITION ON
mode, depress the brake
pedal and move the shift ...
Leftlane’s bottom line
Looking at the sales figures alone, the ES fills an obvious slot in the
market that no other automaker has really chosen to take on. Priced more like
the compact IS, the ES is sized like the GS bu ...
What is it?
Now nearing the end of its third generation, the GS slots in above the sporty
IS and below the luxury-laden LS. It’s sized about like the tremendously popular
ES 350, but the GS offers rear-wheel- ...